Root feeders in heterogeneous systems: Foraging responses and trophic interactions

Root Feeders: An Ecosystem Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 171-191

  Stevens, G N ^a   Spence, K O ^b   Lewis, E E ^b  

^a FERRUM COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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